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The second Foolio murder trial begins with a Yungeen Ace song being played and a defendant’s interrogation video being examined.On Wednesday (April 22), opening arguments began in the trial for the four men charged with killing the Jacksonville, Fla., rapper in June of 2024. The prosecution accused Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, Rashad Murphy and Davion Murphy of murdering Foolio as part of an ongoing gang war between Foolio’s 6 Block and Ace’s Top Killers and 1200, with whom the suspects are affiliated. Yungeen Ace’s song “Game Over” was played as alleged proof of beef between the men and Foolio.The prosecution…

Now that Drake’s release date for his Iceman album has finally been revealed, fans are really hoping that Drizzy and Future will reunite on the project despite their rumored falling out.Fans are happy now that the release date for Drake’s Iceman album has been announced. On Tuesday (April 21), Twitch streamer Kishka found Drizzy’s Iceman release date hidden in a blue bag inside an ice block.The Canadian broadcaster then went to the 6 God’s Toronto mansion, dubbed “The Embassy,” and opened up a large-print magazine on camera, which revealed Iceman’s release date: May 15. Additionally, there’s an inscription that read,…

BossMan Dlow is full of motion. With viral hits and plenty of tracks motivating people to get to the money, the Port Salerno, Fla. rapper has become one of the top go-getters in the rap game.The former 2024 XXL Freshman just released his sophomore album, Chicken Talkin Bastard, via Alamo Records/Sony Music Entertainment. The 16-song collection features the southern spitter delivering rhymes about securing the bag over trap music-inspired bounce music.”I’m feeling good right now,” he tells XXL of the album’s release. “I’m back.”The album boasts big-name guest features including DaBaby, G Herbo, Trey Songz, OJ Da Juiceman and more. Standout tracks include…

YoungBoy Never Broke Again is the MVP when it comes to guest features. In 2026, the Louisiana rapper is having a helluva run delivering sizzling-hot guest verses on other artist’s songs.For example, NBA YoungBoy linked up with Yeat and singer Grimes on the ADL tune, “Face The Flamë.” The song marks Yeat and YB’s third collaboration following their 2023 track “Shmunk.” Another song Top jumped on this year is the fun and sexy track “Better Than Yours” with Coi Leray. On the SkipOnDaBeat and FNZ-produced song, which interpolates Kelis’ 2023 pop hit “Milkshake,” YoungBoy spits flirty rhymes to Coi.”B**ch got…

Drake fans bombard Kendrick Lamar’s Instagram comments with ice emojis after Drizzy’s Iceman album release date is revealed.On Tuesday (April 21), following a promo stunt involving Drake’s album release date being pulled from a massive block of ice in Toronto, the highly anticipated LP was revealed to be dropping on May 15. With that info now confirmed, many of the 6 God’s fans decided to troll Kendrick Lamar.K-Dot’s seven Instagram posts have been flooded with ice emojis, as fans prepare Drake’s return album, which could reignite Drake and Kendrick’s beef, as some fans expect the Canadian rap star to address…

Queens, New York emcee Flee Lord has returned for what I’m sure is his proper 7th studio LP. Blowing up a decade ago as a protégé of the late Prodigy, he has since become known for building up a massive discography for himself since. This includes the Loyalty or Death: Lord Talk trilogy produced by GodBlessBeatz, the Loyalty or Trust duology produced by 38 Spesh, the DJ Shay-produced Lucky 13, the Buckwild-produced Hand Me My Flowers, the Pete Rock-produced The People’s Champ, the Havoc-produced In the Name of Prodigy, the DJ Muggs-produced RAMM£LLZ££, the Roc Marciano produced Delgado, the RocAmeriKKKa trilogy with Eto & the Mephux-produced Pray for the Evil trilogy. It’s been a couple years since I covered the Raised in the Sand EP…

Baychester, Bronx, New York outfit the Natural Elements are making their long-awaited full-length debut under Fat Beats Records. Consisting of A-Butta as well as Mr. Voodoo & Swigga, they would go on to sign with Tommy Boy Records in late ‘90s off a debut extended play only to leave after their major label album was shelved. They would return in 2013 with the NE Definitely mixtape & a handful of EPs including All Hail NE, Death Comes in 3s, 3 Kings & 3Times Dope. Over 3 decades since their formation, they’ve made great timing for this aligNmEnt since all of hip hop’s O.G.s have been coming back in recent memory. “As We Should” opens up with them talking about evolving…

New collaborative EP from Buffalo, New York emcee Benny the Butcher alongside Hartford, Connecticut emcee Fuego Base. One of whom co-founded Black Soprano Family Records with City Boy & the other blew up a few years ago after signing to the label. So I had no problem with them taking their chemistry to the next level with Ashes in the $afe almost a week since former WWE Women’s Champion Stephanie McMahon, former IWA World Champion, 2-time IWGPヘビー級チャンピオン, 3-time NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion, 4-time NWA World Tag Team Champion, PWG World Champion, RPW British Heavyweight Champion, the inaugural ROH Pure Champion, ROH World Tag Team Champion, 2-time TNA…

A$AP Rocky and Rihanna’s daughter Rocki is shown for the first time on the cover of W magazine.On Tuesday (April 21), Rihanna hopped on her Instagram page and shared an image of herself holding her and Rocky’s youngest child, Rocki Irish, on the front cover of W magazine’s Pop Issue. This marks the first time the world has seen a photograph of the 7-month-old baby, who arrived into this world on Sept. 13, 2025.Rocki is the Harlem rhymer and RiRi’s third child, following the birth of their two sons: Riot, who was born in August of 2023 and RZA, who…

Snoop Dogg’s life story is being turned into a biopic and is slated to debut on the big screen in 2027.On April 15, at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Big Snoop officially announced that a biopic is in the works. The film will be titled Snoop and Outer Banks actor Jonathan Daviss has been tapped to portray the West Coast rap icon. Snoop also promised the movie will be R-rated and it will arrive in theaters in 2027.”If we are going to do a Snoop Dogg movie, I gotta get gangsta with it,” the rap veteran reportedly told the crowd.According to…